tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37656712011-04-21T22:47:21.157-05:00Removing All DoubtMy opinions on issues local, heavenly, and at all points in between. Proving that I'm not really opinionated, I'm just always right! If you wish to feed my ego and fill my mailbox, you can e-mail me at <a href="mailto:StephenCUA2001@yahoo.com">StephenCUA2001 -at- yahoo -dot- com</a>.Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comBlogger2671100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-1106754752892095802005-01-26T09:49:00.000-06:002005-01-26T09:52:32.893-06:00THANK GOD I DON'T HAVE TO RELY ON RISKY STOCKS FOR RETIREMENT
From the Heritage Foundation Social Security Calculator:
You can expect to pay $545,704 in Social Security taxes over your working life for retirement and survivors benefits. For those taxes, you can expect to receive $3,045 a month in Social Security retirement benefits. Your rate of return under today's Social Security is -2.17%.
Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-1092605015837027972004-08-15T16:03:00.000-05:002004-08-15T16:23:35.836-05:00FAITH WITHOUT WOR... WOR... W...
I saw the above on my way to work. It struck me because every rendition of James 2:26 I've heard used the word "works," a word anathema to sola fides protestants. I've seen some feeble attempts to explain away James 2, but would a church deliberately change the wording to fit their bias? I checked out Bible Gateway, a collection of 18 protestant bibles, as well Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-1068875103056077552003-11-14T23:45:00.000-06:002003-11-14T23:45:54.310-06:00LIKE A VIRGIN (UNTIL IT STOPS MAKING ME MONEY)
From NRO: Britney Spears talked to Diane Sawyer last night regarding a ode to sexual self-gratification on her new album: "I have one song, it's called 'Touch of My Hand,' that's talking about you with yourself, which is a little much. But, it's a reality that we have...Yes, I can relate to that song.
Anybody remember when Britney was selling the Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-1066842521215031452003-10-22T12:08:00.000-05:002003-10-22T12:09:11.043-05:00OH, THAT LIBERAL MEDIA.Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-1065472874455748582003-10-06T15:41:00.000-05:002003-10-06T15:41:14.050-05:00JOHN KERRY - FOR THE RECORD
James Taranto quotes John Kerry as saying "Five thousand years ago, Moses said, 'Hitch up your camel. Pick up your shovel. Mount your ass. I will lead you to the promised land.' Five thousand years later, Franklin Roosevelt said, 'Light up a Camel. Lay down your shovel. Sit on your ass. This is the promised land.' Today, George Bush will lay off your camel, tax your Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-1062223532186966682003-08-30T01:05:00.000-05:002003-08-30T01:05:32.160-05:00THE GAY AGENDA - ACCEPT IT OR ELSE!
Un-freakin'-believable. There has been a renewed focus on the "gay brownshirt agitprop mafia" (description compiled from Mark Shea's blog) since the Lawrence decision in the US and the legalization of gay "marriage" in Canada, and of course the Episcopal homosexual bishop's election. Here's an article linked on Mark's blog about a little girl refused Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-1059577138139488612003-07-30T09:58:00.000-05:002003-07-30T09:58:57.930-05:00NEAL BOORTZ' ABORTION HYPOCRISY
Libertarian radio talk show host Neal Boortz has a standing rule on his show that he won't allow abortion to become a topic of discussion. Of course that doesn't stop him from letting HIS opinion on the subject be known, as he did in today's Nealz Nuze. He wrote of judicial nominee Bill Pryor: "Personally, I would rather Pryor not be on the federal appeals court Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-1057287362740896392003-07-03T21:56:00.000-05:002003-07-03T21:56:02.743-05:00GOING BIBLICAL ON THE STATE BUDGET
Catholic Light (not Lite) links to this story about Alabama governor Bob Riley presenting a rather novel justification for raising taxes. Citing his Christian faith, he's calling for a $1.2 billion tax hike, largely on the backs of wealthier taxpayers, for the benefit of the poor. It's all adding up to the largest increase in the state's history, and perhaps Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-1057244172965627022003-07-03T09:56:00.000-05:002003-07-03T09:56:12.806-05:00LIFE IMITATES MONTY PYTHON (WITH APOLOGIES TO JAMES TARANTO)
Stan: It's every man's right to have babies if he wants them.
Reg: But you can't have babies.
Stan: Don't you oppress me.
Reg: I'm not oppressing you, Stan -- you haven't got a womb. Where's the fetus going to gestate? You going to keep it in a box?
(from Monty Python's Life of Brian)
"He says that it may even be technically possible Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-1057243706300921892003-07-03T09:48:00.000-05:002003-07-03T09:48:26.173-05:00THOSE HOMOPHOBIC BOY SCOUTS
An editorial in the Philadelphia Daily News compares the Boy Scouts to the Taliban because they won't accept homosexual scout leaders. And really, they have a point. After all, what do the Boy Scouts think will result from having gay scout masters? Do they think that they'll sell child pornography through their gay-themed auction web site or something? This bigotedStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-1056728653060332842003-06-27T10:44:00.000-05:002003-06-27T10:44:44.866-05:00MY E-MAIL TO NEAL BOORTZ
Radio host Neal Boortz, on his show and in the June 27 edition of Nealz Nuze, expressed support for the Supreme Court's ruling striking down the Texas anti-sodomy law. I caught a small portion of his radio show, and sent him the following e-mail in response:
Neal -
I'm sorry I'm at work and can't call in, but I feel the need to comment on your take re: the sodomy case,Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-1056722550251015452003-06-27T09:02:00.000-05:002003-06-27T09:02:30.136-05:00GOD BLESS YOU, RUPERT MURDOCH
FoxNews' radio blurb on Strom Thurmond this morning (quoting from memory): "Thurmond was the first Senator to hire a black aide, and voted for MLK Jr's birthday to become a national holiday." Bet you don't hear those on CNN!Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-957961872003-06-18T11:43:00.000-05:002003-06-18T11:43:43.990-05:00FISKING THE STAR TRIBUNE
Mark Shea links to this article in the Minnesota Star Tribune about St. Joan's Catholic Church, which in a nutshell is the poster child of liberal Christian heterodoxy. The Archbishop has been slowly trying to reign in the ultra-leftist parish lately, though the Star Tribune doesn't seem to think that would be a good thing (what liberal media bias?). Quotes from the Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-955592362003-06-11T13:41:00.000-05:002003-06-11T13:41:14.423-05:00RIGHT WING WAR HAWKS LIED ABOUT WMD'S TO HYPE WAR
Yep. Scott Ritter, Nancy Pelosi, Ted Kennedy, Bob Graham, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, William Cohen, Robert Byrd, Jacque Chirac, and more. Maybe a congressional committee should be formed to look into their lies about the existence of WMD's (RightWingNews via Instapundit).Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-955279822003-06-10T19:25:00.000-05:002003-06-10T19:26:51.000-05:00TECHNOLOGY: MAKING ACTIVISM EASY
The liberal group People Standing in America's Way (er, something like that) has been urging people to write their senator to oppose Bush's latest judicial nominee. Southern Appeal made this discovery about the site: The nice thing about this free service, however, is that the pre-typed message offered by PFAW can be edited, allowing people who support Pryor toStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-955167382003-06-10T13:47:00.000-05:002003-06-10T13:47:45.963-05:00EVANGELISM, TERRORISM... PO-TAY-TO, PO-TAH-TO
Mark Shea links to this article by Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times, which tries to advance a moral equivalency argument between Christian and Islamic fundamentalists. Franklin Graham, Billy's son, has led the call to arms with blasts like his description of Islam as "a very evil and wicked religion." In addition, Pat Robertson dismissed Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-955142842003-06-10T12:36:00.000-05:002003-06-10T12:36:11.946-05:00YOU WIN SOME, YOU LOSE SOME
And I won some.Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-954236222003-06-07T22:45:00.000-05:002003-06-07T22:45:24.450-05:00A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR THE "BUSH LIED ABOUT WMD" CROWD
Instapundit links to a couple of articles detailing how desparate these charges are. Follow the link so that you're not just reading a clip of a clip, but here's a taste:
The Iraqi government in the 1990s admitted to U.N. weapons inspectors that it had produced 8,500 liters of anthrax, as well as a few tons of the nerve agent VX. Where are Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-953992202003-06-07T00:47:00.000-05:002003-06-07T00:48:15.000-05:00LUDICROUS RACE-BAITING HITS BASEBALL
In case you haven't heard, Chicago Cub Sammy Sosa got hit with an 8 game suspension for getting caught with a corked bat, a big no-no in baseball. It's been a big story the last few days because one of the game's premier power hitters (he reached the 500 home run plateau earlier this season) got caught cheating in a way that gives him more power. Of course, Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-953925752003-06-06T20:33:00.000-05:002003-06-06T20:34:13.000-05:00IN OTHER NEWS, THE AP REPORTS THAT WATER IS FOUND TO BE WET
CNN reports, "Hillary Clinton poised to grab political spotlight again." Imagine a Clinton making a grab for the spotlight!Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-953887492003-06-06T17:55:00.000-05:002003-06-06T17:55:11.650-05:00NOW I DON'T WANT TO GET OFF ON A RANT HERE...
I received the following e-mail this morning:
Subject: ohh , gee, another right wing religious, dennis miller wanna be
your web-log entries make me laugh!
i can tell you why..but do you REALLy want to know?
My response? Of COURSE I want to know! I'm drawing comparisons to Dennis Miller, so I want to know what I'm doing right. I want to thank Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-953269542003-06-05T09:02:00.000-05:002003-06-05T09:02:51.436-05:00ALLELUIA!
The fight isn't over by a long shot, but this is an important first step. Moving the restriction a crucial step closer to President Bush's signature, the House voted 282-139 Wednesday to ban a procedure that abortion foes call "partial birth" abortion.Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-953265452003-06-05T08:51:00.000-05:002003-06-05T09:38:34.000-05:00BOORTZ NAILS IT
"Democrats are continuing to push their plan to send $400 for every dependent child of certain low income Americans. These Americans don't pay income taxes, yet the Democrats continue to call it a 'tax cut.' There is only one major news outlet that routinely tells people that the people who are to be the beneficiaries of this Democratic welfare bill don't actually pay income Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-952832912003-06-04T08:55:00.000-05:002003-06-04T08:55:46.423-05:00NO, WE JUST WANTED YOU TO SEND US MONEY
This is too much work for us, and makes it seem like we're responsible for our own well-being, when everybody knows it's the fault of the rich imperialists.Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-952413612003-06-03T10:55:00.000-05:002003-06-03T10:55:03.583-05:00QUOTE OF THE DAY
From OpinionJournal.com's Best of the Web: Democrats abandon the gun issue at their peril, said Blaine Rummel, spokesman for the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. . . . "The Democrats ran away from gun safety in the 2002 elections, and look where it got them," Mr. Rummel said. "Whoever is advising them on gun control should be shot."Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-952020392003-06-02T13:32:00.000-05:002003-06-02T13:32:34.396-05:00A: WHITE, B: BLACK, C: NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS
More and more college applicants are choosing C, according to a WaPo article (link via NRO's The Corner). In the past few years, many college officials say they've seen a striking surge in the number of applications from students such as Schoen who conspicuously decline to state their race. Good for them. The article gives several reasons for Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-951682242003-06-01T18:49:00.000-05:002003-06-01T18:49:59.000-05:00TAX CUTS FOR (GASP!) THE TAX PAYERS
What would a liberal be without cheap class warfare rhetoric whenever the subject of a tax cut comes up? Cynthia Tucker, writing in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, is no exception. She writes "Now Congress has excluded millions of families earning just above minimum wage from the increased child tax credit in the new $350 billion tax-cut bill." I sent her Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-951438122003-06-01T00:55:00.000-05:002003-06-01T00:55:57.273-05:00JUST IMAGINE HOW MUCH PRESS "THE PASSION" WILL GET WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY RELEASED!
Mark Shea linked to this story about Mel Gibson's upcoming movie on the crucifixion of Christ. The article cites "an 18-page report of an ad hoc committee of the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs" condemning the movie. The most disturbing statement (of many in the article that Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-951434152003-06-01T00:40:00.000-05:002003-06-01T00:43:00.000-05:00SOMETHING FOR THOSE ASKING "WHERE ARE THE WMD'S?" TO CONSIDER
Lots of leftists are starting to get antsy and are jumping on the president for not finding a "smoking gun" of a WMD cache yet in Iraq. Just remember, though, that Inspector Clouseau Blix had already verified that Iraq had them, and that they weren't cooperating to get rid of them. What happened to them, I suspect we'll find out soonStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-951432522003-06-01T00:34:00.000-05:002003-06-01T00:34:31.646-05:00I'M BACK
I know, a long while in between posts. A busy time at work, a couple of dental procedures, and really a severe case of writer's block kept me from posting. Sorry 'bout that.Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-942290382003-05-12T17:24:00.000-05:002003-05-12T17:24:08.836-05:00CRYBABY SPORTS FANS
Well, actually this is about one fan in particular. After Friday night's game 3, NBA player Antoine Walker attacked a fan behind the Celtics' bench who had, according to Walker, been heckling him for years. Following the incident, the fan filed a police report against Walker. Neither the law, the league, or the Boston Celtics franchise is punishing Walker for the incident, Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-940820382003-05-09T19:44:00.000-05:002003-05-09T19:44:30.440-05:00MORE FROM HOBBSONLINE RE: THE BUSH/AWOL MYTH...
can be found here.Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-940125902003-05-08T16:11:00.000-05:002003-05-08T16:11:36.436-05:00YOU MEAN THE MEDIA LIED? SAY IT AIN'T SO!
With the photos of President Bush flying to an aircraft carrier in a fighter jet making the rounds, the left has again accused Bush of dodging the draft in Vietnam by joining the National Guard, then going AWOL. HobbsOnline debunks that myth. Pity the left. When they held sole control of the media up until about 10 years ago, they could say things likeStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-938455202003-05-06T00:43:00.000-05:002003-05-06T00:43:50.980-05:00BILL BENNETT AND GAMBLING
A few in the left have their teapots out, and are trying to stir up a tempest. A story broke alleging that Bill Bennett, author of The Book of Virtues, allegedly lost $8 million gambling. How is this a story? Whatever sum of money lost, it apparently caused no financial harm to his family. Yet the Washington Monthly is accusing Bennett of being a hypocrite. Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-938447622003-05-06T00:25:00.000-05:002003-05-06T00:25:34.430-05:00UPDATED THE LINKS ON THE LEFT
I realized I hadn't updated them in a while. What's there now reflects what I read more or less on a daily basis. I also got rid of the link to Andrew Sullivan. He's really started to go off the deep end with supporting whatever backs his belief that homosexuality is good, and the repressive Catholic Church is bad. Even non-religious political issues where I'd Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-937591402003-05-04T15:10:00.000-05:002003-05-04T15:10:44.410-05:00SORRY FOLKS: SOME PEOPLE STILL THINK THAT CHARACTER MATTERS
In case you haven't heard, incoming U. of Alabama head football coach Mike Price is now the outgoing coach, thanks to a trip to a strip club and racking up a $1,000 hotel bill with a stripper while in town for the Emerald Coast Classic golf tournament. Reaction seems to be fairly evenly split, which really disturbs me. SI.com's Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-935434432003-04-30T12:47:00.000-05:002003-04-30T12:47:33.323-05:00YOU SAID IT, NOT US
"80 to 85 percent [of felons] would be Democrats if they were allowed to vote again." --Democratic Palm Beach County Commissioner Burt Aaronson, as reported in NewsMax.com--Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-935050332003-04-29T21:32:00.000-05:002003-04-30T12:49:51.000-05:00SCHROEDINGER'S CAT IS NOT DEAD
Ok, I'll admit working an average of 12 hours per day on Friday, Monday, and Tuesday (12 chaotic hours, at that), coupled with getting no sleep at a church camp-out this weekend have made me easy prey for geek puns. Guess that's my cue to go to bed. (PS: if you don't get the joke, study up here) (Update: Apparently the BLINK tag only works in Netscape Navigator.Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-932380982003-04-25T08:30:00.000-05:002003-04-25T08:32:34.000-05:00OLD LIES DIE HARD
Thursday's OpinionJournal.com Best of the Web reports that [p]residential candidate John Kerry says he'll make a campaign issue of Republican plans to spend $200 million to re-elect President Bush. The Massachusetts senator says, as the Boston Globe puts it, that such spending "would confirm the party as the handmaiden to the wealthiest Americans." The sad fact is that, becauseStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-931750612003-04-24T08:17:00.000-05:002003-04-24T08:17:19.376-05:00IT'S NOT FREEDOM 'FROM' RELIGION
Rebecca Hagelin has a two part essay here and here. She closes the second with the following: The message of the First Amendment is as clear today as it was when our Founding Fathers so wisely penned it, and it applies to Americans of all faiths, and all walks of life. It's time to state what should be obvious – the public expression of religion is protected in Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-930009102003-04-21T15:14:00.000-05:002003-04-21T15:14:35.216-05:00EASTER THOUGHTS
If you haven't been to one, the Roman Catholic liturgy for the Easter vigil is beautiful. Long, but beautiful. At this mass, seven old testament selections (and corresponding psalms) are read, detailing salvation history. Traditionally this is done in darkness or near-darkness. At this point, the Gloria is sung, the lights flipped on, and a new testament epistle and finally Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-929966012003-04-21T13:49:00.000-05:002003-04-21T13:49:40.420-05:00NO COMMENT NECESSARY
Neal Boortz is linking to a story out of Canada of a man suing those who run the Quebec lotto for selling the welfare recipient $840 worth of losing lottery tickets last month. According to the story, the man is claiming that the lottery commission "fooled him and that the provincial lottery only sells losing tickets."Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-927967032003-04-17T15:06:00.000-05:002003-04-17T15:06:10.763-05:00PLEASE PRAY FOR THE REPOSE OF THE SOUL OF THIS WOMAN, AND PRAY FOR HER CHILDREN
There was a shooting outside of a Niceville daycare center; a woman was shot to death by her ex-husband. The day care center isn't 50 yard from my office, and the shooting itself was about 5 minutes before I passed by. A cop car passed me on the highway going triple digit miles per hour, though I didn't know why Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-923829012003-04-10T15:54:00.000-05:002003-04-10T15:54:30.810-05:00FISKING BULL DURHAM
Well, fisking one of the supporting actors, at any rate. The president of the Baseball Hall of Fame cancelled a 15 year anniversary celebration of the movie because of the public anti-war commentary by supporting actors Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon. The comments below in italics are from Robbins, as reported in the story.
He responded with a letter he planned to send toStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-923815212003-04-10T15:29:00.000-05:002003-04-10T15:29:19.996-05:00WAR WAS UNNECESSARY AT THIS TIME...
After all, the inspections were working just fine.Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-919257922003-04-03T11:45:00.000-06:002003-04-03T11:45:30.716-06:00TROOPS READ BEDTIME STORIES VIA VIDEOTAPE...
according to Fox News, so that they don't seem quite so far away to their kids. This is a fantastic idea. Growing up, I had audio tapes of bedtime stories for when my dad went TDY, something that was much appreciated then as well as now. I hope as many troops as possible take advantage of this.Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-918926072003-04-02T22:55:00.000-06:002003-04-02T22:55:55.170-06:00BECAUSE ROOTIN' TOOTIN' RASPBERRY IS FOR COMMIES
Don't want 1% of your ice cream dollars going to left-wing causes just because you're in the mood for some Ben and Jerry's? Then try some conservative ice cream.Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-917267472003-03-31T13:55:00.000-06:002003-03-31T13:55:45.606-06:00DIDN'T PAUL VI HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS?
Greg Popcak at HMS Blog writes:
Here's the deal. As soon as a society embraces contraception, and especially cotraception and cohabitation, it loses it's rational and moral basis for opposing sodomy in general or homosexual sex in particular. Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-917116662003-03-31T09:22:00.000-06:002003-03-31T09:22:47.936-06:00LET'S GO, MARQUETTE!!!
No I'm not a Marquette fan, but NCAA Basketball pools can do strange things to people's loyalties. It's an outside shot, but if Marquette beats Texas in the finals, I win my company office pool (no other iteration will net me the big prize). Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-912611282003-03-23T23:02:00.000-06:002003-03-23T23:02:23.280-06:00STUPID WHITE MAN
Alleged comedian Michael Moore gave an anti-Bush diatribe as he accepted his Oscar for Best Documentary, Bowling for Columbine. "We live in fictitious times," he said. And according to some critics, fiction is something Moore has demonstrated a great talent for, so maybe he's onto something.Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-911887312003-03-22T12:48:00.000-06:002003-03-22T12:48:16.623-06:00JUST WAR AND THE UNITED NATIONS
Adding on to what I blogged below re: prudential judgement and Just War theory, I've seen a lot of debate on who the "authority" is to make this determination, whether it be the individual national governments (in this case, President Bush) or the United Nations. I've heard many people claim that war with Iraq is unjust without UN approval. Leaving behind the Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-911874352003-03-22T12:15:00.000-06:002003-03-22T12:15:35.310-06:00SULLIVAN ON "CATHOLICS AND THE WAR"
Andrew Sullivan commented on an article about the support for war of the Catholic laity (article can be found here). The implication was that American Catholics had justified to themselves dissenting from the Church on this issue. I e-mailed him the following reply (the links throughout were added for my blog):
Although I don't think your post was intended Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-910868472003-03-20T16:59:00.000-06:002003-03-20T16:59:36.920-06:00RIGHT WING MEDIA CONSPIRACY?
Andrew Sullivan, who keeps a close eye to media bias (particularly at the New York Times) had this comment today: The Rainesians get the dean of Berkeley Journalism School, a contributor to the Nation, Salon, the New Yorker, and the New York Review of Books, to endorse a book endorsing the notion that there's no liberal bias in the media. And they don't even seem to Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-909442252003-03-18T14:39:00.000-06:002003-03-18T14:39:34.936-06:00UNILATERAL, MY ***
Colin Powell says that we now have 30 countries explicitly supporting our liberation of Iraq. Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-909285552003-03-18T09:59:00.000-06:002003-03-18T09:59:09.296-06:00"LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF THE WORLD..."
as one of the anti-war signs listed below suggests. Good idea. As Andrew Sullivan points out here, the count of European nations supporting us in war with Iraq is 21, with 5 neutral and 5 opposed. Listen to the world, France. Listen to the world.Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-908728232003-03-17T14:07:00.000-06:002003-03-17T14:07:38.466-06:00MY FINAL FOUR PICKS
Kentucky over Duke in one game, Oklahoma over Texas in the other. Oklahoma over Kentucky 80-71 in the finals.Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-908725262003-03-17T14:02:00.000-06:002003-03-17T14:02:21.326-06:00IF THE WAR IS ABOUT OIL...
why wouldn't we just lift our self-imposed trade restrictions on Iraqi oil? Why wouldn't we pressure the UN to remove trade bans, which they seem to be more than happy to do?Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-908724302003-03-17T14:00:00.000-06:002003-03-17T14:00:06.310-06:00IN THE INTEREST OF "EQUAL TIME"...
I present to you the signs I could spot in pictures from San Francisco Indy Media (link via Andrew Sullivan) photos of this past Saturday's "peace" rally. Remember, this is a media organization biased against war; they presented these photos, I assume, to show what the mainstream anti-war activists are saying, and to get their anti-war message out in the open.Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-904065152003-03-09T11:13:00.000-06:002003-03-09T11:13:06.153-06:00WHY NOT NORTH KOREA?
The new favorite rallying cry against war with Iraq is: Isn't North Korea more of a threat than Iraq? Shouldn't we be focusing on them first? No, and here are a few reasons why:
1) North Korea is more of an immediate threat to our soldiers. However, it will be the SAME threat to our soldiers now or later. Saddam doesn't currently have nuclear weapons that we know of, Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-903997522003-03-09T07:41:00.000-06:002003-03-09T07:41:17.466-06:00THEY MAKE THE FRENCH LOOK BRAVE BY COMPARISON
(link via Instapundit)
According to the British Sunday Mirror, 12 Iraqi soldiers surrendered to British troops who were performing a routine firing test! A British Army source in Kuwait contacted me to explain how the extraordinary surrender bid unfolded. The source said: "The British guys on the front-line could not believe what was happening. TheyStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-903596312003-03-08T10:49:00.000-06:002003-03-08T10:49:22.483-06:00IF YOU CAN'T SUCCEED IN IT, DEMONIZE IT
From the Dayton Daily News: With certain exceptions — such as street demonstrations and talk radio — the American debate about the war has been reasonably civil. The left so despises talk radio (owing mainly to the fact that they have no popular support in the medium), that they try to make Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity the moral equivalent to this.Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-901848342003-03-05T11:15:00.000-06:002003-03-05T11:15:56.310-06:00MAGGIE GALLAGER ON IRAQ AND JUST WAR THEORY
Editorial can be found here. Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-900909612003-03-03T22:03:00.000-06:002003-03-03T22:03:09.450-06:00WHERE HAVE WE SEEN THIS GUY BEFORE?
Like describing what a cloud looks like, I've heard a lot of theories on who Khalid Shaikh Mohammed looks like in his picture circulating the web. You can see the picture at Scrappleface, which announces that Mohammed will star in "Old School 2." A radio personality this morning asked "so the 9/11 attacks were masterminded by porn star Ron Jeremy???" Me, I Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-900709842003-03-03T15:43:00.000-06:002003-03-03T15:43:11.046-06:00YEAH, BUT THE US CAN'T FOCUS ON BOTH AL-QAIDA AND IRAQ
I guess this didn't brighten the anti-war crowd's day. Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-900694892003-03-03T15:13:00.000-06:002003-03-03T15:13:30.700-06:00MORE S*** FROM TED RALL
While I'm piling on him for being a pretentious bonehead already, how about this line from a past article, Big Babies (no comments; I'll let the statement speak for itself):
Short of opening a shooting range next door to a daycare center, buying an SUV is perhaps the single most antisocial act an ordinary American can commit.... More and more SUV drivers are coming out ofStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-900689202003-03-03T15:02:00.000-06:002003-03-03T15:02:49.890-06:00NY TIMES WRITER DEFENDS SURRENDER-MONKEYS
While surfing the Op/Ed section of Yahoo News, I found the following editorial by NY Times writer Ted Rall. Want to see how the left reasons against the war, and feels about America in general? Take a look (quotes from the article in italics, my comments follow):
President Jacques Chirac openly expressed the private beliefs of virtually every other Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-899169292003-02-28T13:38:00.000-06:002003-02-28T13:38:43.530-06:00BATTIN' 1000 - CAMPUS FOR LIFE
HMS Blog has the story of a collaborative effort by baseball players, managers, and executives to raise $1,000,000 for the pro-life cause. Some of the names that stood out in the list of names participating are Sid Bream, Terry Pendleton, Tommy Lasorda, Sparky Anderson, Joe Carter, Gary Carter, Lou Pinella, and Walt Weiss. Check out the full list, and be sure to Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-898539672003-02-27T13:24:00.000-06:002003-02-27T13:24:26.373-06:00LETTER TO THE EDITOR RE: TITLE IX
(the following letter was submitted to USA Today in response to an editorial in today's edition)
In your editorial "Panel reviewing Title IX ignores high school girls" (Thursday, 2-27-2003, page 10A), you print a side box showing the increase of high school and collegiate female athletes from 1971 (the year Title IX was passed) to 2002. Yet the statistics you Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-893221822003-02-18T13:31:00.000-06:002003-02-18T13:31:18.286-06:00OK, THAT'S ANOTHER DRINK
Take the test, by Emily.Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-890607452003-02-13T18:12:00.000-06:002003-02-13T18:12:17.833-06:00FEMALE TO GOLF IN MEN'S PGA GOLF EVENT
Annika Sorenstam, who's dominating the LPGA tour, is going to try her hand playing against the men in a PGA event. There's been a lot of talk about it on sports talk radio and web sites.
My opinion? As long as she qualifies fairly (ie, with the same standards as the men), and plays by the same rules (no hitting from the women's tee, which she won't be),Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-890599092003-02-13T17:55:00.000-06:002003-02-13T17:55:01.750-06:00I'M FOR THE MOST PART A TRADITIONALIST...
so it's nice to see some traditions still holding fast: Fox News has the following: If he wants to head down the aisle on the right foot with the in-laws and charm the bride with an old-fashioned gesture, asking the bride’s dad for “permission” still puts the groom in good graces, according to some experts. Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-890597462003-02-13T17:51:00.000-06:002003-02-13T17:51:33.823-06:00THE CRUEL HAND OF IRONY STRIKES AGAIN
The more-charitable Mark Shea calls it "the circle of life." Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-889334042003-02-11T15:42:00.000-06:002003-02-11T15:42:04.496-06:00"BIN LADEN" GIVES IRAQ WAR ADVICE...
in a taped address, according to the Washington Post. "The most effective means to devoid the aerial force of its content is by digging large numbers of trenches and camouflage them," he said, exhorting Iraqis to draw from al-Qaida's experienced in fighting the Americans in Afghanistan, "Bin Laden" was quoted as saying. Yeah, because that strategy worked. Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-889325252003-02-11T15:24:00.000-06:002003-02-11T15:24:28.370-06:00MARK SHEA WITH A TAKE ON ANDREW SULLIVAN...
here. Wonder if something is starting to weigh on Andy's conscience lately, as he's been spending a lot more time trying to convince himself and others that there's nothing wrong with being gay. The guy is dead-on on most political issues, but as Mark points out, that flies out the window when he discusses homosexuality and the Catholic Church (Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-888635282003-02-10T12:52:00.000-06:002003-02-10T12:53:33.000-06:00MY BIRTHDAY IS COMING UP THIS MONTH
Not sure what to get me? What about a French Clock? Or maybe a Nuke Berkeley T-shirt?Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-886288502003-02-05T22:02:00.000-06:002003-02-05T22:02:30.450-06:00COLIN POWELL GAVE HIS PITCH TO THE UN TODAY
It was very solid, from what I've read. My question is: did he change anybody's mind? Generally, people who already believe war with Iraq to be necessary are saying that the speech was a slam dunk. What about those undecided, or initially opposed to war? Did Colin change anybody's mind?
An interesting point was brought up on Hannity and Colmes Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-885932682003-02-05T09:34:00.000-06:002003-02-05T09:34:56.480-06:00I SAW THE SIGN!
A very Baptist church that I pass on my way to work has the following marquee up:
Faith plus
Obedience equals
Salvation
Amazing! Why hasn't anybody mined this bit of Biblical truth before? Oh, you mean somebody did already? Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-885635622003-02-04T19:51:00.000-06:002003-02-04T19:51:01.923-06:00LEBRON JAMES' LAWYER THINKS YOU'RE DUMBER THAN DIRT
That's the only conclusion I can draw after reading this article. I feel insulted for just having read it. As I mentioned in a previous blog, James is a high school basketball phenom, concensus #1 pick in the next NBA draft. He was being investigated to see if accepting a $50k humvee from his mother violated OHSAA amateur status rules. He Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-883006972003-01-30T19:51:00.000-06:002003-01-30T19:51:23.880-06:00JOE MILLIONAIRE SCANDAL!
I'm shocked. Shocked! My faith in humanity is shaken. According to Fox News, one of the women cattily whoring themselves out to win the love of a man they think is worth $50,000,000 may have a less than wholesome past. According to The Smoking Gun, one of the contestants (who, ironically, Evan described as a "goodie goodie") has starred in bondage and fetish porn Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-882910562003-01-30T16:23:00.000-06:002003-01-30T16:23:31.466-06:00DECLINE IN ABORTIONS
There's been a lot of press recently, with the 30 year anniversary of Roe v. Wade, that the number of abortion providers in the United States is in decline. Tech Central Station weighs in with its hypothesis, from a strictly secular point of view.
Obstetricians tended to view pregnancy [in the early 1970's], especially early pregnancy, as a disease state, and their only Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-881954902003-01-28T21:52:00.000-06:002003-01-28T21:52:59.276-06:00SORE LOSER
Oakland Raiders' wide receiver Jerry Porter said that the Bucs' defense isn't that good. "I'm not going to sit here and say they're great. I'm not impressed. Their DBs ----," Porter told reporters on Monday. For the record, the Tampa Bay secondary scored 21 of the Bucs' 48 points in their Super Bowl win. The Oakland offense scored 15. Porter may think about keeping his mouth shut Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-881946332003-01-28T21:37:00.000-06:002003-01-28T21:37:24.493-06:00SOME THOUGHTS ON THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
1) I was impressed how he came right out of the gate calling for radical tax cuts, stating that socialized health care is not the answer to America's problems, and most importantly, calling for a ban on partial-birth abortion. Hopefully Bush's tough talk on these issues will embolden congressional Republicans as well.
2) I thought the last half Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-881737612003-01-28T14:40:00.000-06:002003-01-28T14:40:41.470-06:00QUOTE OF THE DAY
"All lighting fixtures to be." Taken from a set of construction plans. Apparently it's a new AEC (Architectural/Existential/Construction) guideline. Antimatter shall not be approved as a substitute. Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-881039732003-01-27T11:03:00.000-06:002003-01-27T11:03:38.390-06:00NEW BLOG!
(Why do I feel like Mark Shea all of a sudden?) At any rate, Dave Barry now has a blog of his own. Now if P.J. O'Rourke gets his own blog, I'll never leave the computer.Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-881028252003-01-27T10:39:00.000-06:002003-01-27T10:39:39.520-06:00FOR YOUR STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS PARTIES OUT THERE
The State of the Union Address drinking game (link via Instapundit).Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-880799022003-01-26T22:58:00.000-06:002003-01-26T22:58:25.163-06:00LAST GAME FOR THE MOST HYPED HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER IN THE COUNTRY?
The Ohio High School Athletic Association is set to rule whether LeBron James received an illegal gift in the form of a $50,000 Hummer from his unemployed mother for his birthday. His mother claims to have received a loan from the bank, which I don't doubt for a second. The kid is going to be cashing 6-figure paychecks twice a Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-880796972003-01-26T22:54:00.000-06:002003-01-26T22:54:33.736-06:00QUESTION FOR THE MUSICALLY ASTUTE OUT THERE
I'm listing to the *Modern Rock* internet radio station at Live365.com. Exactly how far has the definition of "rock" music slipped that the current selection is muppet-with-tourettes Eminem? I know that rock and rap have been mixing more and more lately, but give me a break! Is nothing sacred?Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-880790382003-01-26T22:39:00.000-06:002003-01-26T22:39:52.283-06:00NO, WE'RE NOT INSINUATING ANYTHING...
Raiders' All-Pro center Barret Robbins was sent home prior to the game, reportedly for missing several team functions on Saturday. No other details are given. But then the AP closes the story with the following:
In the 1989 Super Bowl, fullback Stanley Wilson of the Cincinnati Bengals was found in his Miami hotel room in a cocaine-induced stupor the night Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-880788102003-01-26T22:35:00.000-06:002003-01-26T22:35:05.026-06:00BEFORE THE GAME STARTED...
Although I generally don't give a flip about any of the sideshows, I was glad that the Dixie Chicks didn't try to make a performance out of the National Anthem. Singing the National Anthem is supposed to be about honoring America, but too many people try to inject their own personal brand of showmanship into a situation when it's not called for. The Dixie Chicks Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-880787432003-01-26T22:33:00.000-06:002003-01-26T22:33:43.900-06:00YUCKANEERS WIN SUPERBOWL
Ain'ts, Bungles poised to make a run at next year's trophy.
I guess it's true: defense DOES win championships. And all of the speculation about who got the better of the $8,000,000 and 4 draft picks for John Gruden deal between the Raiders and Bucs last year? There's your answer. Tony Dungy was a Godsend for the franchise, but I think he took them as far as he was Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-880484612003-01-26T09:22:00.000-06:002003-01-26T09:22:01.500-06:00CANNON FODDER
Operation Human Shield, a group of westerners protesting the war against terror in Iraq, has sent its first wave of 50 volunteers (though they somehow hope to turn that 50 into 10,000) to Iraq in order to attempt to deter US/UK bombings. Has anybody told these braindead hippies that the "Human Shield" concept was used in 1991 in Iraq? Of course, it wasn't voluntary then; those Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-880478162003-01-26T08:59:00.000-06:002003-01-26T08:59:25.663-06:00IT'S SUPERBOWL SUNDAY!
Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Oakland Raiders. #1 Defense vs. #1 Offense. John Gruden's new team vs. his old team. And contrary to the hype, neither the commercials nor the halftime show matter one dang bit. Nobody would gather to watch a cluster of new commercials and a 20 minute concert. It's about the National Football League Championship game, pure and simple.
My Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-879696382003-01-24T13:04:00.000-06:002003-01-24T13:04:06.220-06:00JUDGE DROPS LAWSUIT AGAINST MCDONALDS
Full text of the story here. I'm not a lawyer; I don't even play one on TV. But from a strictly common-sense standpoint, I don't think the judge dismissing the lawsuit is enough. I think it should have been dismissed with prejudice, and the plaintif forced to pay McDonalds' legal fees. This lawsuit is an absolute joke. A point needed to be made with thisStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-879690602003-01-24T12:51:00.000-06:002003-01-24T12:51:12.563-06:00BISHOP WEIGAND'S HOMILY CHALLENGING GRAY DAVIS
The full text can be found here.Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-879689462003-01-24T12:48:00.000-06:002003-01-24T12:48:58.030-06:00RUMSFELD APOLOGIZES FOR "AXIS OF WEASELS" COMMENT
See the story that's taken the blogosphere (and my funnybone) by storm! Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit is even keeping up with how the story has gone mainstream.
The parody is built around Rummy taking France and Germany to task for refusing to support war with Iraq, and his referring to them as "Old Europe." France and Germany had a Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-879684432003-01-24T12:38:00.000-06:002003-01-24T12:38:53.063-06:00I KNOW, ALMOST A MONTH AWAY FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE
Part of it was time occupied by a number of other things, and part of it was just a case of writer's block. I started my blog so that I could write what I wanted, when I wanted. And for the past month, I really didn't have a whole lot to write. I'm getting back into the swing of things, though, so look for daily updates again. Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-879284682003-01-23T19:00:00.000-06:002003-01-23T19:00:06.846-06:00MORE GAUNTLET-THROWING: BISHOP CHALLENGES GRAY DAVIS ON ABORTION
Courtesy of the Sacramento Bee:
Sacramento Bishop William K. Weigand, leader of 500,000 Catholics in Northern California, called on Gov. Gray Davis on Wednesday to renounce his support of abortion rights or stop taking Holy Communion.
I think we should all pray for and support Bishop Weigand in any way that we can. I'm so Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-878496652003-01-22T11:33:00.000-06:002003-01-22T11:33:31.583-06:00WORLDNET DAILY THROWS DOWN THE GAUNTLET ON "CHOICE"
This article about pictures of a fetus that drew the SWAT team to the photographer's house until they found out it was abortion, not child sacrifice, courtesy of HMS Blog:
All of you "pro-choice" people out there: I'm going to give you the chance, in just a minute, to meet Baby David, to see one of the photos Chad Traywick took.
You don't Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-864369612002-12-23T09:23:00.000-06:002002-12-23T09:23:30.016-06:00THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, BY JOHN LEO
Read the full text here.
Litigation on Christmas is something we dread,
So we nestled our children all under their beds
The grinch doesn't scare them, and Scrooge they see through,
But what kids are prepared for the ACLU?Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765671.post-864368552002-12-23T09:20:00.000-06:002002-12-23T09:20:10.886-06:00LOTR: THE TWO TOWERS
Believe the hype. It's even better than the first. Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926970344590948921noreply@blogger.com